Introducing: Blood Trails

Blood Trails is a new investigative podcast from MeatEater, hosted by writer and journalist Jordan Sillars. Each episode digs into true crime stories from the world of hunting and fishing—cases where the woods and the water became the backdrop for violence and mystery. From missing hunters deep in public land to poachers turned killers and fishing trips gone fatally wrong, Blood Trails uncovers the moments when outdoor life collides with the darkness of the human heart. But this isn't repackaged Wikipedia. Each story features original reporting you won't hear anywhere else, expert insight from detectives and hunters, and first-hand accounts from the people who were actually there. For true crime listeners looking for something new—and outdoorsmen who know the thrill and risk of time afield—Blood Trails exposes the stories left behind in the tracks. If you’re a fan of Dateline, Criminal, or Bear Grease but want your true crime set in the wild places you know, this podcast is for you.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Every hunter knows that the wilderness is full of surprises.
Sometimes what you find out there isn't an elk or
a bear, it's something darker.

Speaker 2 (00:15):
They never made sense what law enforcement was saying to us.
How could she have just gone down there and accidentally died?
How could there have been no marks on her?

Speaker 3 (00:26):
All theories are out there, you know, everything from murder
to ufollows to Bigfoot.

Speaker 1 (00:31):
This season on Blood Trails were following the trail of
seven cases that start in the field and end in
the shadows, where missing persons reports, half buried evidence, and
whispered suspicions blur the line between hunting story and homicide.

Speaker 4 (00:45):
I just instantly started freaking out, yelling to the world,
what's going on? I yelled, help. I mean, I'm out
in the middle of nowhere.

Speaker 5 (00:55):
I had no idea what was going on.

Speaker 1 (00:57):
From the frozen woods of Maine to the mountains of Montana,
from an archery opener gone wrong in Wisconsin to a
father's last walk through the Minnesota deer woods, each story
begins with a hunter stepping into the wild, but not
all of them come back.

Speaker 5 (01:11):
You know, you just got an empty feeling. What do
you say he's not here with us and all that
was hot.

Speaker 1 (01:18):
I'm Jordan Sillers. Join me as we track the truth
through tangled cover and cold case files, where every trail
tells a story, and every story leaves its own trail
of blood. Blood Trails, Season one, wherever you get your podcasts.